New Iran Ayatollah Is A SCREW YOU To Donald Trump

The selection of Moshabar, the son of the previous Supreme Leader, was not initially favored but became a clear choice to signal 'total and absolute defiance' against the United States. His family's killing by Israel and Donald Trump's public declaration that Moshabar would be 'unacceptable' solidified his position, as Iran sought a leader who would not pursue reconciliation.

Guest Treata Parcy states Moshabar was not a leading candidate but his family's killing by Israel and Trump's 'unacceptable' comment made him a 'likely successor.'

The previous Supreme Leader's fatwa against nuclear weapons is now 'essentially gone' with his death. The new leader is under 'tremendous pressure' not to reissue it, reflecting a shift in mood within Iran where many argue that not building a nuclear weapon was a mistake.

Parcy explains the fatwa 'only last as long as the Ayatollah who issued them is alive' and that there's 'a lot of argumentation that this was a mistake for them not to build it.'

Sensitive negotiations between Iran and GCC states, aimed at de-escalation, resulted in an agreement for Iran to cease targeting neighboring countries unless their soil was used for attacks. This effort was immediately destroyed when Trump publicly insulted and humiliated Iran on Truth Social, followed by a US attack on an Iranian desalination plant, leading to renewed Iranian strikes on GCC states and Israel.

Parcy details the GCC-initiated agreement, Pizkan's apology, Trump's 'truth social' post insulting Iran, and the subsequent US attack on the desalination plant, which 'completely destroy matters.'

From Israel's perspective, the ongoing conflict is a 'splendid success' regardless of the political outcome. Their objective is to bomb Iran 'to smithers,' setting back its power and military capabilities by decades, thereby shifting the regional balance of power in Israel's direction. The US is effectively paying for this strategic objective.

Parcy states, 'from the Israeli standpoint, this is a splendid success. It doesn't matter to them if it's Moshabar... What's important for them is that the country is being bombed to smithers. That their power is being set back decades... and that shifts the balance of power in Israel's direction which is exactly what they're looking for. It just so happens to be that the United States is paying for all of it.'

The war is expanding beyond Iran, with civil conflict in Iraq, open fighting between Hezbollah and Lebanon, and the Houthis strategically waiting. The US is deploying a third carrier strike group, indicating further escalation. The Trump administration is concealing the true costs from the American public, including billions in destroyed military equipment (e.g., THAAD radar detectors) and an unstated number of casualties.

Discussion of Iraqi resistance units, Hezbollah, Houthis, deployment of a third US carrier strike group, and Parcy's point that the administration 'managed to keep the cost of this war rather hidden from the American public,' including 'THAD... radar detectors that cost up to $1 billion that have been destroyed' and not reporting 'the number of casualties.'